Pigsty for rearing pigs



June 24, 1930. w, LDIGE, JR 1,765,925

PIGsTY FoB-REARINQ rms Filed .June 9, 192s mulmliilllllmlllll,Pgaeis-Jus 24,;,193q-4 i wrnnnnivrfnenren,@myenNEAR'PADERBORN; GERMANY"Application ieafiulie e, 1928,'fserrii-no; esegeengna in eej-manyFebm'aryjis, ,19279 f This inventionnrelates -to'a-pigsty 'for vrearingVpigs comprisin'ga feedingI device 'forsuoking pigs, infvvhichthesleeping and, vfeeding room'is seperated fromthe roomifo'r i 'twoside-Walls so'thatthe liqnidmanure can Vc55' l "i vflew ofi1 easily. Y iY l f5' ythe 'dr0ppings bye. l-pznftiti'onv in which a passage isleitvvhieh is so' 10W that the` noxions leifluviacannot getinte thesleeping'and 4feeding room, a speeialmanger for the'sueking pigsA being'arranged thelfeeding room 0 at'the .side of the .manger-for the sow andsubdivided byan adjustable p'rotectingbe'x in accordanaoe Withthe'sizeof the, .`sucking An embodimentofthe invention 'is yillus- 4V1'5 trated, way lofexample;l in thef acconti- VpanyingdrawinginjvvhichI:r

- j Fig. lshoWs the pigsty in elevation. v Fig. v2, is a ground"p la'nlFig. 3 yshows one b ,oX-y in front.,'eleva'tion. v

Fig.` 4 isa cross-section showvingthe feed- `ing 'deviceifoi' thesucking pigs. f f

The 'pigsty'a is subdivided "by vpartitions -'in such a, .manner that oneach side'fW-all of ythe Vpigsty. a a: separate; room e fis 'formedAdesigned for the droppings. vThe)central' room-d isvsubdividedby'lovvf'partitions e so thatjfin the m'iddlea passage' fisvformed.

A. i Atthe right and left-'of the'pfassagefffeeding-and sleep ing-roomsg2 are arranged, those 30on the left side' designed for example .for

fattening, thoseV at the right for' rearing. In

the partitions b low passagesl h'arearranged g through which theroom'sojandg communigcate," these passages Abeing'fhowever r's'oflovv yVVV'that' thelbad smelling eiiluviacannot getinte the sleeping andfeeding"roo'lns`7 special 'ven-l "tilation holes beingprovidedjasoutlets." lInv the .rearing sties ispecialmangers 717 for lthesuokingpigs arearranged at the sidef'ofthe 4o sowiinangers (Figi 2).yThe man'gersc for thefsueking pigs are covered by anvadjustable'protectingbox mlconsisting of ragrate Y n extendingiorxvvard overthemanger'and covered on the innerjend portion by fa pro- V tec'ting board0;",Ihi`s protecting board is f `connected toga vertical slide gguidedfin `guide bars pand adapted tobe adjusted by f -vme'ans fof ahandle rin ,verticaldirection in aceordan'oe'vvith thesize ofthe suckingpigs l andftovbe secured 1in the,adjustedposition".A

Vfing it in the adjusted positionlf In testimony whereof Ifjaix, myasignaj ture.- f 1: f Y

AThepassages[L maybeclsed each andthe. rooms for: the Vvdroppings may;bev separated from one another by doorss.' 1 The I; ioor inthe pigstyis' inclined `towards, they.

Oy'vingl to the invention thesleeping'land 7 Vfeeding rooms are'keptfree from badsmelling efiiuvia and the-sucking pigs can beied Y'separately so that the -sovv .Cannot-,get at the se food.

I; elaine:

separating the sleeping-and feeding rooms from thefroom'sfor thedroppings, a; manger for theso'W in-each feeding room7 a separate mangerfor thesueking ypigsf'a't' the` side of each sow-manger,H and Yanadjustable pro; tectlng boX .111g ples# 2. Inafpigsty as specified inVclaimxl',the l i protecting box for the manger for the suck- Y ing pigsconsisting of a downwardly 'curved grate, .a protecting board von thehorizontal ',7'5 i Vportion offsaid grat@` a1'verticaladjustable 'fboard to Which saidprotecting board is con- Heated l'fgiudes foi" seidadjustableaboard,

and-ahandle on saidv adjustable boadfon i raising or loweringfthesameand forls'ecurf over each' manger for the suckv7 0

